Airbnb v EUIPO - Airtasker (AIRBNB)

JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber)21 May 2025 (*)( EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark AIRBNB – Genuine use of the mark – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 )In Case T‑94/24,Airbnb, Inc., established in San Francisco, California (United States), represented by M. Maier and A. Nordemann, lawyers,applicant,v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, D. Hanf and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents,defendant,the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO being Airtasker Pty Ltd, established in Sydney (Australia),THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber),composed of K. Kowalik-Bańczyk, President, G. Hesse (Rapporteur) and I. Dimitrakopoulos, Judges,Registrar: H. Eriksson, Administrator,having regard to the written part of the procedure,further to the hearing on 19 November 2024,gives the following Judgment 1        By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Airbnb, Inc., seeks the annulment in part of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 December 2023 (Joined Cases R 886/2022-2 and R 893/2022-2) (‘the contested decision’). Background to the dispute 2        On 15 September 2010, the applicant filed an application for registration of an EU trade mark with EUIPO pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the European Union trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1), as amended...